SEATTLE — Workers at a Starbucks store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood voted to unionize on Tuesday, according to a tweet from Starbucks Workers United.
The vote was unanimous.
Lucky number seven!! Unanimous win at Broadway and Denny in Seattle!! #7thunionstarbucks
— Michelle Eisen (@michelleeisen) March 22, 2022
WE WERE COMPLETELY UNANIMOUS
— Rachel Ybarra (@goblin_barista) March 22, 2022
The Seattle store, located at the corner of Broadway and Denny, is the seventh store nationwide and the first store on the West Coast to unionize.
Broadway & Denny partners win their union unanimously, becoming the first store on the West Coast - and the first in Starbucks' hometown of Seattle - to organize! #7thUnionStarbucks
— SBWorkersUnited (@SBWorkersUnited) March 22, 2022
Workers from at least 140 stores in 27 states across the country have filed petitions to join the Starbucks Workers United movement.
Six other Starbucks stores in Seattle have also filed for union representation, including the company’s flagship Reserve Roastery.
The unionization efforts come as longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz plans to return to lead the company on an interim basis after the coffee giant’s current chief executive announced his retirement last week.
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